Definition of marsupial

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Marsupial (a.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.

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Dasyure :: Dasyure (n.) A carnivorous marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus. There are several species..
Pedimane :: Pedimane (n.) A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.
Didelphid :: Didelphid (n.) A marsupial animal.
Ferae :: Ferae (n. pl.) A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora..
Phalanger :: Phalanger (n.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidae. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying..
Rhizophaga :: Rhizophaga (n. pl.) A division of marsupials. The wombat is the type.
Entomophaga :: Entomophaga (n. pl.) A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum..
Phascolome :: Phascolome (n.) A marsupial of the genus Phascolomys; a wombat.
Placentalia :: Placentalia (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials..
Marsupial :: Marsupial (n.) One of the Marsupialia.
Quoll :: Quoll (n.) A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat..
Polyprotodonta :: Polyprotodonta (n. pl.) A division of marsupials in which there are more fore incisor teeth in each jaw.
Didelphia :: Didelphia (n. pl.) The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia.
Tapoa Tafa :: Tapoa tafa () A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata) having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale..
Marsupialian :: Marsupialian (n.) Alt. of Marsupia.
Marsupium :: Marsupium (n.) The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea..
Lyencephala :: Lyencephala (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary..
Wombat :: Wombat (n.) Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots..
Macropus :: Macropus (n.) genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.
Marsupian :: Marsupian (n.) One of the Marsupialia.
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